‘Tesla Syndrome’ Explains Why Tech Is Making Us Miserable::There’s a class war that’s leading to worse innovations—but it’s not between the sides you think it is.

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    10 months ago

    It’s not tech. It’s capitalism.

    God damn, I feel like this is the same as that other shit article.

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      10 months ago

      Why are people so stupid, lol. Oh wait life is literally marketing in 2020. I don’t even know if I’m alive anymore. Do me a favor and check my seo and engagement.

      It’s like every issue is just privileged assholes complaining that the way they raped Earth and lives didn’t work out for their good.

    • Womble@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      The article is literally about the problem of ownership being too concentrated and wealth overruling people with knowledge of businesses. “Tech” here doesn’t mean technology it means the big tech companies.

    • Astroturfed@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Somehow people haven’t been convinced that just because a phone or computer is inserted it’s a totally different thing. Crypto is just money with extra steps and a digital device, ride sharing is just splitting a cab, streaming is just cable split into a few pieces. Products barely changed, just shiny new conmen out front pushing the products.

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    10 months ago

    Tech / innovation for its own sake has been an issue for as long as I can remember (back to the 80s) and I wouldn’t be surprised if it dates back to the first stone tools. So you end up with a mix of useful, helpful innovations and idiotic ones at any given time. Tech nerds like me tend to try to find ways to apply what we know whether it helps or not…

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    10 months ago

    This seems terribly biased. Your broken elevator isn’t Tesla’s fault. Also I love my fucking Telsa, its slick as fuck. Don’t compare my space car to your broken ass building.

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      10 months ago

      It’s ridiculously biased and 100% ragebait for all involved. The problem today is shit like this article, not Teslas.

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        10 months ago

        As soon as the author started absolutely trashing on the looks of the car, I was done.